gameplay-help

[cobalt robin]

not mobbing?

[woven star]

Keep for a while. My guess Vanguard as third bb with lion, bis, and traf. Or 404 for sub fleet

[steady rain]

thanks

[forest palm]

I'd rather recommend getting FdG than investing in Vanny

[red sapphire]

Probably MK6 performs better on light

[onyx flame]

at least 2/3~ mayhaps

[rapid summit]

Oh that is a big loss

[forest palm]

I would like to note that the Quad 305 is fast, and will be off compared to your other BB

[woven star]

Hakuho if you'll get Hakuryuu dev30 or Shinano mlb fleet but Shino need bulins too. So I'm for HRyuu or next UR if will be fine for cv fleet

[forest palm]

that's why it's hard to use a Single Quad 305 because it's so fast you will out pace other BB in the fleet

[onyx flame]

is even possible to sync triple meck guns?

[cobalt robin]

hakuhou, hakuryu and shina? planes will be hitting nothing

[rapid summit]

Im on chapter 13 and have Musashi which is a better option?

[proper violet]

Is the twin 410mm also best on new jersey like musashi?

[onyx flame]

406 mk 6 (if light/mobbing<chp13 and no mk7/lion gun)

[cobalt robin]

nvm you typed ''or''

[proper violet]

For NJ?

[red sapphire]

Musashi need IJN main gun. 410 / 410 kai for mob and Daizen's gun BIS for Heavy/Medium

[woven star]

Impl, Hakuhou and next UR or HRyuu cheap variant or Shinano... imho they two almost same. First will be cheaper. Just wait next event UR@cobalt robin

[onyx flame]

depends on use case but if light/mobbing<chp13 406mk6 if no mk7/lion gun

[cobalt robin]

yea i thought you meant all 3 ijn cvs together without any slow but i read the or as ''and''

[onyx flame]

technically you can run all 3 no slow if boss doesnt move in first place

[woven star]

No just one of them, coinable or bulins ships

[proper violet]

How important is the FP stat? On guns I mean

[onyx flame]

kinda but not important enough to use bad guns

[woven star]

1/20 or less dmg increase

[proper violet]

Ok so dmg and FR prob the biggest factors on guns then? Also faction if skills mention right?

[onyx flame]

not really, there are other factors like rld, ammo, spread

[proper violet]

Aweee

[woven star]

If talking UR 65FP stats

[forest palm]

just confusing things

[rapid summit]

I’m this close to crafting it

And daizen guns?

What do they look like?

[proper violet]

Yeah I have honestly just gone whatever had higher numbers, my fleet prob got cursed guns other than musashi and NJ

[red sapphire]

The diference is not that big from 410 to 410 kai so no haste

[red sapphire]

This one

[onyx flame]

if you really want to learn why, jimmy got a good video on it
https://youtu.be/La28cizb2Bc?si=Au3DC7OmtorFvwX6
if you dc then just consult this guide (but read the disclaimer)
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

[proper violet]

Gold, gon watch the fella

[woven star]

FP guns stats between gold and UR not big difference. But UR have other criteria like base dmg and coefficient

[rapid summit]

The main gun?

[red sapphire]

Exactly

[rapid summit]

Where do you get it

[onyx flame]

pr7 research

[forest palm]

PR7

[red sapphire]

PR7

[proper violet]

Do I build the kai?

[forest palm]

none of those are necessarily worth crafting

[proper violet]

Oh ok, have never crafted anything in gearlab, what should be like nr 1 priority other than safety?

[red sapphire]

You can use 410 fine. 410 kai is slight improvement

[forest palm]

410 Kai is only relevant to Musashi

[onyx flame]

usually first ur craft is a wyvern, but hey look another guide
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/gear-lab

[rapid summit]

I’m super close

[proper violet]

Yeah she is my main ship, so good idea?

[red sapphire]

Don't worry. Are you closer to Izumo's?

[onyx flame]

i wouldnt bother with izumo gun

[rapid summit]

Izumo gun? I don’t know what it looks like

[red sapphire]

If he has it can do de job until Daizen's for bossing

[forest palm]

it's cheap to make so you could, but it's not a permanent gun for her

[woven star]

@forest palm did you finished you fast farm fleet? Uni, perseus and smth more. Idnr. How fast in sec it's clear chapters? Just curious

[red sapphire]

https://azurlane.mrlar.dev/db/equips/id/34180

[forest palm]

nah I haven't been busy

mostly got addicted to playing .hack//G.U.

[woven star]

Understand

[rapid summit]

I got 6 of them as of right now this is my main gun on bzwei

[rain bobcat]

[sharp isle]

Why did the only auxiliary I received is this one then it says I claimed the rewards for the sectors. And this didn't even came from the sectors

[red sapphire]

[rapid summit]

Uh oh…I don’t like the ehhssex

[onyx flame]

the rewards from the sectors are augments, that aux is from reading the stories, other 2 auxs are from event shop

[boreal wagon]

(augments sit in "special", in case you arent aware)

[onyx flame]

i got a feeling, they bought it from core data shops, which

anyway please give this guide a read
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

[rapid summit]

It was Months ago plus gear ain’t my thing

[red sapphire]

Good thing is Izumo gun is decent on Musashi, no idea who could use the left 5 guns

[rapid summit]

Is this an interchangeable for the Kai gun? I don’t got daizen or Kai

[red sapphire]

Yes. Kai is only a slightly improvement from this. For mobs

[rapid summit]

Okk I been using it on Musashi for a while

[onyx flame]

interchangeable for the kai, but not for daisen since daisen servers a different use (mobbing >= chp 13 and med/heavy bossing)

[red sapphire]

It's fine as long it's for mobs. Musashi want other guns for Heavy/Medium

Wich are Daizen's or Izumo's (Daizen's better)

[dense knot]

is she good

[mint fable]

Does anyone know what the "skills Extra" is?

[rapid summit]

Does mobbing>=Chp 13 mean for chapter 13 only? Or something else?

[onyx flame]

chp 13 and above

[red sapphire]

13, 14 and 15

[red sapphire]

Would say not bad but I don't really know how she does

[warped hazel]

what good plane to use on boss fleet chp14

[red sapphire]

Who is/are the ship/s?

[warped hazel]

shinano and amgi

[red sapphire]

You can use this guide https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

[warped hazel]

ok ty

[dense knot]

is yoshino better to have in the back formation than pennsylvania or unicorn

[onyx flame]

definitly not replacing unicorn

[boreal wagon]

i believe its the voices for the cut ins on the event stages

[dense knot]

is she better than pennsylvania?

[wind hazel]

she's a CVL, not to be compared to BB

[mint fable]

So it will never comes out when we just use her?

[dense knot]

what does that mean

[wind hazel]

you're comparing a striker with a midfielder

[boreal wagon]

i dont think so

[dense knot]

whats the difference

[wind hazel]

...

they do different thing, so you're comparing the wrong category of ships

[mint fable]

You know.. Plane and Gun, a different thing

[dense knot]

okay then i just got yoshino and my back formation is kotori pennsylvania and unicorn can yoshino replace any of them and benefit more

[wind hazel]

question is, can you max limit break both kotori and yoshino?

if yes then you can bench penny

if not then maybe yoshino is better pick since she uses less gold bulin

unless you dont grind event at all

[rain bobcat]

[mint fable]

I'm in an oil crisis

[dense knot]

well probably

[warm latch]

whats your current fleet?

[warm latch]

im just gonna say no

[dense knot]

even with yoshino at max limit break

[twin river]

For new player. Its the event stages are fastest lv up the captain lv? ( I am lv 41 currently) In story stages I am chapter 5

[warm latch]

your unicorn and portland arent retrofitted yet

mlbing gold ships is gonna be a massive gold cost

[dense knot]

retrofitted?

[warm latch]

better to prioritise making your good ships actually good instead of spending resources on mid ships

yes, retrofit your unicorn and your portland

[dense knot]

oh the tree graph looking thing

which parts of it should i unlock or all of it

[red sapphire]

This thing

[warm latch]

all of it

[dense knot]

and how long is that expected to take

[warm latch]

which is why i said no to yoshino, because you want to prioritise your resources to better ships first

[dense knot]

so you believe yoshino isnt better than any of the other ships i have rn?

[warm latch]

shes a healer, but unicorn is the best healer in the game

[dense knot]

oh thats unfortunate

[warm latch]

and you also already have a lot of gold ships in your fleet, theyre just more expensive to mlb and you dont want to spread your resources around so much

kurumi is at least a pretty good ship, but also you can easily get dupes for her if you do the event so its not much of a strain on gold bulins

looking at your levels, you just wont have the resources to mlb a lot of gold ships very quickly

[dense knot]

only kotori and kurumi unless you mean something else by gold

[warm latch]

that fleet looks fine, focus on those ships for now so you have 1 solid fleet before you start thinking about swapping other ships in or making a second fleet

yes, only kotori and kurumi, but gold bulins are a very rare resource early

[dense knot]

yea i planned on farming kurumi dupes from the event and using gold bulins on kotori which i got from missions usually

[zenith heron]

Has anyone already tiered Kaguya Yamai • Yuzuru Yamai and Kurumi Tokisaki in terms of solid use theoretically?

[onyx flame]

its in ther tierlist already (the google doc)

[red sapphire]

Only Tohka is there I think

[zenith heron]

but its still considered Tentative?

[onyx flame]

i mean asama is also tentative so it gonna take a while

kurumi specifically anyway since she actually needs testing with her skill

[dense knot]

what should i do with blue and grey ships im not using

[onyx flame]

grey get feed to other ships for enhancements

blue is retired usually unles you need faction tech

[dense knot]

how do i retire

[onyx flame]

from build in the main menu

should keep 1 of every ship at least

[dense knot]

after i feed what do i do about this

[onyx flame]

unless they are a common af map drop

scrap, grey equipment arent used aka just hit confirm

[dense knot]

most of my team has grey equipment rn

[onyx flame]

if you have tech boxes in your depot compose them to t3/purple then open em

someone should make a newbie poverty gear guide

[sharp isle]

My current CVs are imperio and Essex, should I use this?

[red sapphire]

I think Sushi guide had purple options

[dense knot]

t3 sakura tech pack?

[red sapphire]

It does have https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

[onyx flame]

any as long as its purple/gold the nation only indicate what gear pool it pulls from

[dense knot]

how do i compose blue into purple

[onyx flame]

click on the blue box, compose option to the left

[dense knot]

thanks, so i just save up blue and grey boxes until i have enough to keep upgrading them?

[onyx flame]

yea compose grey and blue boxes to purple and ony open purple/gold/rainbow boxes

[dense knot]

what does this do

[onyx flame]

its an auxillary

[red sapphire]

Provide 550 hp at +10 and changes background music

[onyx flame]

give it to your dds

[dense knot]

dds?

[onyx flame]

destroyer

[red sapphire]

Destroyers (example: laffey)

[dense knot]

i dont have a dd in my team i think

[onyx flame]

well you dont got any in your fleet so you can just temp shove it onto one of your cruisers if you dont have any other aux on them

[dense knot]

so kotori and kurumi always do the most dmg so i should put my best gear on them right

[onyx flame]

i would say always

[dense knot]

is unicorn 3rd priority because shes the best healer apparently

[red sapphire]

Not aparently, she actually is

[dense knot]

5% heal for 1 airstrike seems pretty underwhelming

[hasty skiff]

can somone explain shipyard and research academy to me please

what am i meant to be selecting for pr/dr

[onyx flame]

the 3 ships you mention dont technically share gear so just gear them correctly first

[sharp isle]

It gets up to 8% in 2 strikes without retro tho

[onyx flame]

for research academy select season 8 first
for shipyard you can really only build from season 1 if your new due to not meetin requirments so just start any
i wouldnt really worry about the shipyard till your at least chp 9 in campaign

[dense knot]

why does the oil cost to clear sector 1 of the event keep increasing for me and how do i lower it

[onyx flame]

sector 1 has no oil caps, so if your bring ships of higher rarity/limit breaks the cost will go up

[hasty skiff]

correct me if im wrong but research academy is mostly for gear right?

[red sapphire]

You can get ships by completting mission. Pr are gold and Dr rainbow. Academy will give you blueprints for gear/ships, wich are used to upgrade the ships and crafting the gear.

[red sapphire]

And ship blueprints.

[onyx flame]

its for gear and ship prints that is need to enhanced completed ships from shipyard
season 8 is the newest so it has better gear and ships.
older season ships prints can be coined and their gear can be acquired from other means so there no reason to focus on older season in research academy

[hasty skiff]

ok thanks guys

[hasty skiff]

wait what does coined mean

[onyx flame]

it means you can buy the ship blueprints with coins

so instead of getting the pritns from research academy you can just buy em only for season 1-5 pr and season 1-4 dr

[hasty skiff]

ok thanks

[onyx flame]

oh btw

research academy also has research catchup which awards you prints from season 1-6, i would prob set it to season 4 anchorage first and save the rest in the future

[hasty skiff]

ok noted

[onyx flame]

more info on here and the wiki it self
https://azurlaneecgc.com/research/#fleet_technology

[hasty skiff]

yeah i looked online first but i didnt really understand so i came here

[tiny mason]

late reply, just did traf

[rain bobcat]

[red sapphire]

Oh, thank you so much!

[real folio]

hello, does anyone have a list of prio/tier list for ships?

[wind hazel]

/tierlist

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Ship Tier Lists

Please note that tier lists are subjective and evaluation criteria differ from creator to creator. We encourage users to use multiple guides to get a better picture for ships' performance and said criteria.

🔹Rankings for End Game Azur Lane - Applicable to all forms of late game content (W14/15, META Showdowns, OPSI, CM) by Suchiguma
🔹CN tier list - by NGA Forum

use /equip for list of equipment TLs and guides
use /guide for list of helpful gameplay guides and FAQs

[real folio]

thank you!

[wind hazel]

did they announce the next meta boss?

[rain bobcat]

no

prob gonna be announced during or before dec UR announcements

surely not light

[red sapphire]

What's the safe point to start spending cubes on research? I have not much more than a pity

[rain bobcat]

comfortably over 1000 if you are a collector

[wind hazel]

oh it's 17days left lol. i thought it's 4 or something

[rain bobcat]

around 600+ if you only care about URs and some major event here and there

[red sapphire]

I see. I can forget about it then

[rain bobcat]

not that 600 would get you that far

you would prob need 1000-1500 alone to complete a season in record time

anyway -- not many people actually cube these days

the advent of la-9 and meck gun made it so that we wanted to get atleast 3-4 gears while finishing the season

which usually entailed only using cubes whenever there isn't a 0.5, DR face, or rigging available

[red sapphire]

Hmm... I don't really understand this part.

[rain bobcat]

a lot of ppl like me have close to or have 2 guns before meck dev 30

[red sapphire]

Do you use cubes?

[rain bobcat]

0.5>meck face>any Q rigging>cubes>gouden face>fastest reset, I don't care about PR

I don't care about gouden either

[red sapphire]

Oh okay. I'm going to copy you

[rain bobcat]

people who hard focus gear do 0.5>any rigging>meck face>gouden face>fastest reset

im at 1.7 rn, most people who did full gear route have 2 already

[red sapphire]

Wow... Will take a while for me. Thanks for explaining me

[rain bobcat]

finally tohka oath+120, I can sleep

[onyx flame]

1.38 guns i should go back to gear focus

[rain bobcat]

gouden is apparently stonks for ch15, but I don't particularly care

I suppose for newer players/progressing, getting the 2 DR max first might benifit them

[ivory sigil]

why does Rainbow equipgear is stated as T0 (i assume it called Tier 0)? Does that mean T0 > T1 > T2 > T3 apply to any rarity? (exclude the items that recommend in newbie guide)

[lofty harbor]

so we need to do 3 pulls per day for mission yeah? that mean i should left around

3 pulls × 11 event days × 2 cubes
= 66 cubes?

[ivory sigil]

if you like that 300 daily event pts, go ahead.

[red sapphire]

In this game, even purple equipment can outstand rainbows. Is that what you ask?

[lofty harbor]

wtf I'm out of coins help

[ivory sigil]

nah i was skeptical about the gear, I saw 1 with T3 and T2 and dunno what should i build

cuz me at lvl 45 Admiral, The Coin is SUPER SCARED

[red sapphire]

Buld? You mean gear lab?

[ivory sigil]

That's why i stop rolling after i got all DAL character after done around 50-60 rolls

[lofty harbor]

[ivory sigil]

i havent had accessibility to that yet.

[onyx flame]

what gear are you trying to make

[red sapphire]

This guide can help you choosing the gear to use
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/

[ivory sigil]

mybad

i was refer to technology word that is smaller than my brain

[ivory sigil]

thanks

[verbal elm]

How to get the rewards in bottom left?

[ivory sigil]

-win and wait for server to win

-if server already won, then you need to win once and check the reward in Mail or in Mission tab

it could appear as not done, so check all mission tab

[onyx flame]

check your mission tab

[onyx flame]

that literally mean nothing im ngl

[red sapphire]

At what Dev is Mecklen worth using over other options? Just D30 right...?

[warm latch]

d30

[red sapphire]

Unfortunate. Well, next year, may be...

[lofty harbor]

how to get coin?

I'm newbie

[onyx flame]

play the highest campaign/event stage you can

[ivory sigil]

Why mainChapter Hardmode had drop-rate of retrofit item not a 100% guarantee? ... And yet when i try the Gold Hardmode, it also drop purple rarity,
does this mean the harder X-4 Hard map, the better/higher rate for the retrofit items?

[onyx flame]

chp3 and above can drop gold rarity bps, no one really knows the odds cause its server side and there isnt a need to math it out as you want to do the highest chp you can for core data anyway

[ivory sigil]

yeah i do had same issue

[rain bobcat]

if you don't need anyone from the banner anymore (exclude the twins since they are from event shop) then don't pull as its a waste

[rain bobcat]

farm highest stage u can do and dont forget daily raids

[ivory sigil]

we do had the similar Azurlane entering date, so yeah in order to get coin just focus on do anything that "COST OIL"

in summary: " Oil go down, Coin go up "

and yeah since today is sunday, please do these asap

do these map give me around 5000gold+

[summer niche]

So am I a silly for leveling this?

[ivory sigil]

okay next question, i saw some guide said if i got level locked to progress, try the SP war event and get the shoe?

I know the Crystal that change someone into DAL, so they can benefit the onigiri

but what about the shoe? what does it help if i got it as a newbie?

[warm latch]

is good tank aux

[onyx flame]

its an eva aux for cruiser, much like the crystal

[soft raft]

Realistically it's just another EVA Aux
the muse faction change doesnt really mean shit

[ivory sigil]

errr there is a gear link #gameplay-help message here

they said it is 2nd best

[hollow gust]

G7E is currently the best torp for i-404; the reasom its generally the worst torp is due to rld requirements that other subs need

[warm latch]

thats the aux

[soft raft]

No it isnt

[summer niche]

Alright, when I gave it levels and saw that torp number going up I just had a good feeling, and since I'm starting to get a little flush and it's my only gold, I figured why not.

[summer niche]

It is.

[warm latch]

oxytorp?

[hollow gust]

oh then thats a complete fat waste

[onyx flame]

[ivory sigil]

ok

[soft raft]

Arent we talking about G7E

which is painfully obviouslly not in the aux portion of the chart

[warm latch]

heres the ss

[onyx flame]

the pic they link is gold oxytorp

[warm latch]

it says at the top "93 pure oxygen torpedo"

[soft raft]

Oh rip 💀

[onyx flame]

gg plates

[soft raft]

Also no off topic images btw

[ivory sigil]

errrr i click in "Gold oxytorp" and it send to "93 pure oxygen torpedo"

[warm latch]

its only useful if you have a sub that doesnt need both snorkel and hull and you dont have any rainbow torp auxes

but by the time you actually need subs you can probably get rainbow torps anyway

[wispy cosmos]

at the end of the day gen plates are abundant, so it's just a suboptimal gold trade for a transitional (sub) aux

[onyx flame]

it an aux? it uses general plates

[summer niche]

Fair, just the event is giving me the option and I felt like throwing them in a bit on the easy levels for a moment's fun. 😛

[ivory sigil]

yeah i press it on the guide and it send me to the item that @summer niche had

so technically it is the same

[summer niche]

Yeah see my pics.

[wispy cosmos]

it's not a good decision if you were hoping for affirmation, but it's not like a blunder

[lofty harbor]

my kurumi reach level 80... now she is maxed... now i can't use her... what to do

[onyx flame]

yea i know, im talking about how the other guy said it uses torp plates which aint it

[ivory sigil]

nah, i was the one who ask for Aux item, it is a different question than the Submerrine thingy which Sylverone dud asked

[warm latch]

limit break her more, or stop using her until you can get dupes to limit break her because you shouldnt need to use more than 1 bulin on her

or you can keep using her but you wont be getting any exp

[soft raft]

More like Oxytorp is a nickname for the item so it was never a different item to begin with

[lofty harbor]

i already use 1 bulin on her

[summer niche]

Yeah that's what i was curious about. I had the resources for it, worse case it was a minor setback, I figured. Thanks! Just trying to check that my resource instincts aren't too far off.

[ivory sigil]

So you apparently in a maxlevel state... you need to limitbreak her one more to increaase the cap

but yeah since kurumi is literally in the event so just it is okay to use 1 SR bulin cuz it is necessary for 1 SR bulin to LMB

hey hey if u plan to use 2nd bulin... watch out, if you might likely had to toss 1 kurumi down the drain if u do

[red sapphire]

That's fine because you get total of 4 Kurumi so using 1 is actually needed to max her

[ivory sigil]

well i guess you do like kurumi alot that really level up her too fast than her Limitbreak can handle, since she is given in event, it is likely no no to use a 2nd SR Bulin on her....

Unless u skip/can't reach the final node
@lofty harbor 10 days tho

[lofty harbor]

aight I will use portland in her stead for now

[ivory sigil]

wait guys note do i need to reach final node ?

[lofty harbor]

the white ammo on her yeah?

[lofty harbor]

4k

[ivory sigil]

easy, just remember to put kurumi in last fleet spot so u can get extra node

[red sapphire]

As long as she's your BB yes

[lofty harbor]

yeah... my one and only

[trail matrix]

What am I supposed to do now I can't get her special

[ivory sigil]

i get that from mail

[lofty harbor]

+6 enough?

[lofty harbor]

same

[rapid shard]

Ideally you want to +10 that

[lofty harbor]

ok on it

[tulip tinsel]

not enough purple parts

[red sapphire]

Usually is recomended to +6 the equipment you will throw away at some point. This is not the case because white shell will be used on end game.

[trail matrix]

Oh thanks I didn't check my mail

[lofty harbor]

yeah right... I'm stuck on +7

[soft raft]

If you were unabel to play before the boss bar reached 0%, you can just do a different mission instead to get the item (IE Go look at your missions tab)

[ivory sigil]

i'm jealous i only have purple
but yeah pls increase them asap, cuz it is golden

you likely get locked by parts and gold anyway

[soft raft]

You say that like all gold gear is good
Which is strongly not the case

[rapid shard]

Also if you have one these in your inventory use this instead of autoloader

[ivory sigil]

noted, i will wish i can get it too

[red sapphire]

Autoloader only for sync shenanigans. If not the case, use FCR as InasneNinja mentioned

[rapid shard]

You can get them from purple tech boxes

[lofty harbor]

how do you know i have that

[rapid shard]

Lol its a super common item

[elfin hollow]

do you get anything for going past 70k on meta, i just realised yuudachi has been capped for a bit

[soft raft]

No

[elfin hollow]

[lofty harbor]

HELP why this so tanky.
my ship is level 80 and mlb

[ivory sigil]

i have shttyluck on items

is there any item i use wrongly?

[rapid shard]

Starting aux gear for BBs is that FCR and the white shell (ideally the gold one but the purple can get you by when starting out

[ivory sigil]

No keep playing, you win by timeout.

beating them only give extra stuff, not gold

[elfin hollow]

killing them isnt the aim of that daily, its mostly just dodging for the whole timer

[lofty harbor]

ok thx everyone

[rapid shard]

You dont have much so dont stress it too much. Just combine the white and blue tech boxes into purples and open them. You can check the gear guide for specific ones to make sure you save

[lofty harbor]

should I?
is it endgame gear?

[rapid shard]

Purple tower is not endgame gear. Its used till you get the actual endgame stuff.

[red sapphire]

FCR is not endgame gear but it's the best you can get aside HPFCR and Table

[lofty harbor]

ok i will just +3 it

[rapid shard]

You will be using a lot of them so take it to +6

[red sapphire]

Table is rainbow event limitted and High Performance Fire Control Radar is the next step. You can +6 tought

[rapid shard]

Its gonna take a bit before you get a HPFCR

[lofty harbor]

aight

[hollow gust]

as long as it doesnt take purple plates you are good

[lofty harbor]

+6 is it

[ivory sigil]

i just want to ask.... is this box looking rainbowish is recommend for newplayer 1 week old ???

They said only cost 500, and i have like 489 grands now, where can i get this ???????? iirc i got it from freebie newbie mission

[rapid shard]

Dont spend purple plates unless its actually something worth it. Purple helldivers are a good example

[ivory sigil]

errr the box look rainbowish is below it

[rapid shard]

Do not spend coredata on tech boxes. Save to buy the gold gear like white/black shells berguet and the other reccomened gear

[ivory sigil]

oh?

[rapid shard]

/coredata

[odd root]

https://www.azurlaneecgc.com/images/equip_misc/Core_Data_Priority.jpeg

[pine whale]

What is Clearing Mode

[red sapphire]

Not for core data. You can get some of those rainbow boxes on campaign missions I think

[rapid shard]

Red outlines are ones you should 100% grab. The greens are grab as needed

Personally I would highly reccomened grabbing a berguet or 2 once you have 2-3 white shells and at least 1 black shell

[onyx flame]

for hard mdoe its turns off all escort and directly spawns the boss

[pine whale]

Oh thank god

[night kelp]

I am new player, 20lvl now. I see black friday stuff and tempted to buy this and that, but if I do buy gems, is there more important stuff to spend on instead of character skins first?

[rapid shard]

Yes look in #bot-spam for what im about to post

[violet grail]

The core data comes from hardmode, the higher chapter the more you get up to 30 from chapter 13 per clear afaik. But ye save for white shell dont buy techboxes as others said.

[night kelp]

that helped, thank you!

another question about gems, is it always double gems or just now during black friday?

[rapid shard]

First time purchase only

The bonus does reset during anniversary

[night kelp]

ahh so as new player should go for biggest rigth away?

[rain bobcat]

technically yeah

[rapid shard]

Depends on how much your willing and able to spend

[rain bobcat]

but the 2x are all about equal

as long as u dont buy smth like luckybag before 2x ur generally fine

[rapid shard]

I will say the $5 lv70 boost pack is a good deal and will prevent you from get stuck in campaign due to commander level. At least in my opinion if you spending on the game already

[night kelp]

I am here trying still to set some goals for myself so dont overspend

[rain bobcat]

$5 lvl 70 is about all you will need early for progression

if u want to buy skins use 2x bonus gems

[rapid shard]

@rain bobcat do you have that breakdown chart of the gems/value breakdown?

[rain bobcat]

exhaust 2x before anything else for skins

[onyx flame]

i love lucky bag gambling

[rain bobcat]

cruise pass is only worth if you want the skin as well

[rapid shard]

Right now is actually a decent time to abuse the 2x gems due to the discount you get every other skin purchase

[night kelp]

I just want all Sakura Empire characters 😄 btw if I buy on this current server do I have my purchases on another server also? (if move from europe to japan for example)

[rain bobcat]

winning the gamble but still losing money is a strategy of all time

[red sapphire]

Did we get that black friday pack on shop?

[rain bobcat]

this yr no

[rain bobcat]

if u change ur app store region no

[onyx flame]

the dopamine hit make it worth trust

[red sapphire]

Hmm... So that's why I didn't find it

[rain bobcat]

servers are completely separate

[rapid shard]

I still want a weekly gold bulin or 2 I could buy. Even tho I know its a waste of money

[night kelp]

ahh I am moving to japan in year so my progress on eu server are completely lost then and purchases also

[rain bobcat]

if u download the jp client you start anew

u can vpn to downlod jp client now

but u prob wont be able to spend without legal jp payment method

[forest palm]

don't even need to VPN just grab the APK

[night kelp]

damn okay good to know, thanks

[rain bobcat]

the greatest money grab of all time

made me spend $200 in 10 mins

[forest palm]

anyway, as long as you have your EU Apple/Playstore account, nothing changes you can use that to maintain your current account

[rain bobcat]

^

[rapid shard]

Least I wasnt the only one who spent way to much 😂

[rain bobcat]

I recommend mainly playing emu on google play rather than paying on IOS so you dont have problems when moving

[brave rover]

yo aside from the ones in the example of the guide are there more operation siren teams?

im tryin to finish the story of it but im gettin slapped

[rapid shard]

Open a thread and post your dock, quite a few people here can help you setup a team

[brave rover]

OS help :C

[lofty harbor]

should I?

[pine whale]

My first step of Unicorn Retrofit is done. What next? Reload or the one on the right?

[lofty harbor]

ok taz senpai

[pine whale]

Like, how hard do I have go with Retrofitting? I'm kinda lost

[red sapphire]

You have to complete it

[rapid shard]

Fully completed all the retrofit parts

[hollow gust]

the only reason you use that is if you want to hard reroll for cubes, which for that takes so much oil

[heady jasper]

is there a reason to why unicorn needs to be jn the middle

[pine whale]

Usually to the middle goes Penn

[red sapphire]

No, she's usually used on side

[pine whale]

Unicorn is on the sides. Because she's squishy af. She's a healer, not a tank

[lofty harbor]

it's Penn no? that go mid?

[pine whale]

Yes. It's Penn. Penn is the main damage sponge

A slightly above average one at that, which is disappointing in terms of endgame but up until then

'course if you have a replacement for her from higher rarities (cough gacha), that's solved

[lofty harbor]

on "Commander Handbook UR" pick "Shinano" and on "UR Exchange" pick "Musashi" right?

[rain bobcat]

yes

[lofty harbor]

ok thx

[pine whale]

So now that we're under event (obviously), Hard Mode first then campaign "farming" after a pause to make Kurumi regen, right?

Like, I should focus on Unicorn before working towards Kurumi unlock, right?

[noble pawn]

Mecklenburg any good?

[hollow gust]

very

[sinful socket]

Unicorn is one of the best ships in the game, finishing her retrofit is THAT good

[pine whale]

That's a yes then. Thanks. Later.

[ivory sigil]

guys how to kick a ship? they only appear a sort button when i full 150/150 ship then it would allow me to press "sort" to kick those ship into medal

meanwhile when im not full i cant find that button

did they hide that button to force me to stop f2p ???

[viscid swift]

the retire tab is under build

[noble pawn]

kicking ship is unheard of

but maybe try unlock the ship first before retiring?

[pine whale]

So how does retire work exactly? I know I'm not remotely far into that but I don't understand what that is. Selling?

[noble pawn]

new obtained ship can be locked so they won't be retired

[viscid swift]

pretty much what it says, best to use commons as enhancement fodder rather than retire them though

[pine whale]

Oh ok, so it's to free space from the cap

[ivory sigil]

for N rarity yeah,
but for R rarity that is 1 medal... why would u fodd 1 medal tho?

[pine whale]

I will come back with screen

[pine whale]

Some R ships are more than decent for second fleet. Gridley can be nice for low cost

[ivory sigil]

pardon?

[pine whale]

Rn, I don't need to use them but it helps not tiring your main in later stages, personally

[ivory sigil]

oh

[pine whale]

Ammo is limited, health is carried over, Unicorn can become overloaded, Morale is a thing

A good R could help

[onyx flame]

no lmao

[pine whale]

That's assuming you have the resources not to waste Bulin. For early-mid, it's a non issue

[onyx flame]

if your ship is low morale you put em into the dorm and then touch grass

[pine whale]

I mean for long farming

[ivory sigil]

i pretty sure the dev give mood function tell people to touchgrass/sleep or to stop people from f2p

[pine whale]

Disgusting

[onyx flame]

even for long farming its the same

you put them into dorm then come back later

[viscid swift]

because you get a shit ton of commons and you need a decent amount of medals

[pine whale]

So a YouTuber (I know I should beware) said that the third slot with gems for dorm is a waste. Is that true

[onyx flame]

no lol

[pine whale]

Ok, I'm glad

[viscid swift]

which youtuber

I need to shit on them for that take alone

[noble pawn]

bullshit third chara slot is necessary

[pine whale]

I don't remember. Popped up in my feed

[onyx flame]

you buy the 3rd slot and 2nd floor (which duplicates your first floor) and you get 6 slots which is enough for your mob fleet to regain moral

[pine whale]

When do I start considering that?

[onyx flame]

like right from when you start the game?

[noble pawn]

right now

[onyx flame]

2nd floor is timegated by decor tokens as you need to expand the dorm fully but third slot can be bought right after you unlock dorm

[ivory sigil]

hmm for QoL wise, open 3rd slot
it improve mood for speedrunner
and also passiveEXP, as well as mental illness cuz the dev lock u with 2 just to make u spend gem, smart dev

[sinful socket]

also only spend the decor tokens to expand

[tulip tinsel]

90% of azur lane videos are outdated/bullshit

[pine whale]

Noticed. And noted

[noble pawn]

spend money wisely
But I like tits so sometimes 1200 gems is wasted for that

[pine whale]

ah

Fuck's sake. So gems for third slot and decor tokens for floor. On it.

[night kelp]

lol. I no see problem there

[onyx flame]

you need gems for the 2nd floor as well, just that its timegated by decor token as you have to fully expand the dorm

[lofty harbor]

do we really need 6 dorm slot? so far 3 slot seems enough for me

my oil can't even keep up

[undone plover]

3 + 2nd floor gives u 6 total
Enough for mob fleet
Later on it is nice to have 6 total so u can farm with no issue

[ivory sigil]

i see i'm actually benefiting in term of size favors

[heady jasper]

how good is shinano on 5lb than a mlb kotori itsuka

[viscid swift]

not

[undone plover]

Sushi has a dps table for mlb/non mlb ships
Idk if it had carriers but u can check to see the difference
But like cheeky said non MLB is generally not worth using in hard content

[heady jasper]

it HAS to be mlb then

[rapid shard]

Using non MLB ships is basically shooting yourself in the foot and wondering why you cant run as fast

[spark patio]

can i get enough Yuudachi meta crystals in time? now i have 13,359

[heady jasper]

LOL

[tulip tinsel]

yea it's possible

17d left for Myuudachi

[night kelp]

okay so bought gems. And dorm 3rd slot, need to buy all slots before can buy 2nd floor?

[heady jasper]

any other way i can get goldship blueprints

[onyx flame]

i dont think it is possible?

[viscid swift]

no, juts gotta fully expand the floor plan of the first floor with dorm tokens

[rapid shard]

No, you have to expand the floor first. Click the sign on the edge of the floor

[tulip tinsel]

he can get to 25k

[onyx flame]

you have to get 685 points a day and im pretty sure you dont get that much a day

[weary gust]

You get that much alone for clearing lvl15 fight 2x a day ...

Support runs are an extra ~60 something-75x3

[pine whale]

How do I the latter

What do I start from?

[onyx flame]

ah right havent done mdachi in a while since i finished it

[onyx flame]

go to dorm and click the outside gray area

[pine whale]

Make sure to answer with ping on (answer with mention or direct ping) because I cycle between activities

(About Dorm) got it

I'll touch grass in the meanwhile. See ya

[weary gust]

1. 25k points isn't finishing it. There's still a ton of rewards after 25k.
2. Point rewards have been the exact same since the very beginning of META battles.

[onyx flame]

my finish is 70k, i havent done the normal fight in a while and forgot about how much you earn per day

[safe nexus]

besides bulin, whts worth buying in medal shop?

[heady jasper]

daily reset when

[weary gust]

PR/DR blueprints, red books if you're running low on them, purple aux plates, spec core for UR bulins.

[tulip tinsel]

he said meta crystals not completion

[safe nexus]

ty

[red sapphire]

Worth getting if I don't really want to do cats? I supose goes to the BB boss fleet

[onyx flame]

spec cores is first prio

[onyx flame]

not kidd but drake and every is enough

[red sapphire]

Alright, Drake then. Thank you

[night kelp]

forgot to ask, what is this? where can find it in store, couldn't find it

[night kelp]

thanks! 😄 sad couldnt get it with gems I bought with

[spark patio]

Ideal event token for this event? 30k or 40k?

[viscid swift]

55k

[spark patio]

aight

[viscid swift]

I'm going 60k myself for an extra bullin

[ivory sigil]

why nobody tell me this when i literally farmed 7days straight to get to lv45

[heady jasper]

whats the daily reset time in jepan

[viscid swift]

you didn't ask

[viscid swift]

the merit shop resets at 0:00 server time, check the timer there

[ivory sigil]

wow that box really exist i just open it and

...what the hell is wasnt rainbow color?
what is this for

[viscid swift]

did you actually read what it drops

it just gurantees an SR gear drop, no UR gear drops from any tech box

[ivory sigil]

i got bamboozle by the color 💀

but why cant i find anyone possible to equip??

[red sapphire]

Tell me the box was from the missions...

[viscid swift]

it's a torpedo

[ivory sigil]

OHYES it is for laffey !

[spark patio]

Recommend gear for Hakuhou and Independence?

[night kelp]

in mumuplayer, do you change device settings etc or just play in default settings?

[red sapphire]

For Hakuhou Saiun Tenrai Ryusei Kai (in that order), indep not very sure

[ivory sigil]

what should i prepare when my laffey reach 100lv?

this?

[red sapphire]

This+gold

[ivory sigil]

💀 How much gold!?

[noble pawn]

me just play default with tweak for graphic and ram settings

[red sapphire]

Not too much I think, it's elite ship

[heady jasper]

need some advice i know what i did was dumb but should i keep pulling, my pity is 240/400 and i feel like its gonna be a waste if i let it be

[noble pawn]

it won't expire tbhj

[heady jasper]

it wont?

[red sapphire]

No, just do a single light pull daily because it's free. Will naturally advance

[onyx flame]

you can prob follow this
https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/
hakuhou loadout will depends if your syncing her with other carrier but the last slot is always ryusei kai if heavy bossing
indep is generally mobbing so fighter + wyvern/barrcuda

[ivory sigil]

pls dont say 10k gold... that's literally price of her augment, and i still skeptical whether should i spend 10000 gold for a 🥕 for my strongest dps

[onyx flame]

i love laffey with all my heart but her augment is not the greatest choice for new players

[red sapphire]

Probably not 10k

[noble pawn]

28k gold

[tulip tinsel]

That's perma pity, won't ever expire

[noble pawn]

nvm it's 21k

[ivory sigil]

so i just let her augment blank? or putting a blue or purple?

[noble pawn]

still useless aug if not +10

[onyx flame]

you shouldnt even be bother too much with augment as a new player except for a few with very large impacts

[hollow gust]

You literally have tohka and kurumi you need rn. Extremely unavisable to upgrade Laffey

[lofty harbor]

good? honestly I'm short on coin now

[ivory sigil]

i would able to lmb kurumi after i reach 4000 pts of kurumi event

touka? she is lv71 now, yet i still skeptical whether should i lmb her immediate

[onyx flame]

not really

what your other projects

[lofty harbor]

ok refresh then... btw what should i target on research?

[onyx flame]

grab the Q

generally follow this

[lofty harbor]

gear focus? ship focus?

[hollow gust]

Do you want the rainbow weapon first or the ship maxed out first

[onyx flame]

ship refers to which ship you want to get from the season so for season 8 meck/gouden
gear means the gear from the season

[lofty harbor]

oh... ok thx

[undone plover]

for ship focus it is not explicitly written but grabbing DR over PR is better if same hours
like I prefer meck 2.5h to kansas 2.5h

for 5-8 hours u should decide yourself
like I prefer DR5h over PR 2.5h still
but 8h maybe not

[hoary relic]

is it true that we never can get another admiralty fire control table?

[viscid swift]

not until they make it permanant

[undone plover]

no it is not true
no one knows
most likely we can

[hoary relic]

[red sapphire]

Closest thing you could aim for is High Performance Fire Control Radar

Until table is made permanent

[hoary relic]

🥀 for sure we can craft them.............plenty of them

[ivory sigil]

how long does it take to get 1 weapon/ship that way?

pls dont say 2 years

[viscid swift]

2-3 months

[hollow gust]

Depends

[hoary relic]

2-4months depends on ur luck

[hollow gust]

It's possible to pull it off in 2 month with full gear focus

It's been 4 and nkkt is at 2 and a half Mecky gun

[hoary relic]

should i do all pr first then dr?

or dr first?

[hollow gust]

Take Dr faces if you can and literally just pick a focus

[undone plover]

I would do DR first since with G research splashed in PR will overshoot the mark

[sullen dew]

Is Kurumi Tokisaki better for the mob fleet or the boss fleet? Her slowing ability and her self-heal ability are giving me pause on which fleet to sortie her in

[hollow gust]

Her slowing ability is a gimmick at best , use her where you need a tank

[sullen dew]

I usually put her in the center of the vanguard. Her self-heal lets her tank?

[hollow gust]

she is main tank once you get enough levels on her

[sullen dew]

I see. I do only have her lvl ~104-105

[warm phoenix]

how do I get this reward?

[inland shoal]

Then she can probably main tank most things already, especially if you have her augment on her

[inland shoal]

Complete missions for rewards.
Aka check your missions tab

[viscid swift]

earn 15k event points

[warm phoenix]

🤦 how did I miss that? Thanks!

[dusk dirge]

Is there a harder version of the collation battle? If there is I can’t seem to find it. One where it has a ranking board?

[onyx flame]

there no sp/ex for this event

[dusk dirge]

Darn, it’s my favorite game mode. Thanks.

I love using a deep bench and tweaking who goes where with what gear.

[fast frigate]

which UR should i get for exhange? my team is unicorn, lion, hakuhou, Laffey, Helena, and prinz eugeun

[onyx flame]

perma prio goes something like musashi > shinano > vanguard > i forgot the rest

[crude jetty]

How do I get rid of excess augments? I dont see a button to disassemble

[onyx flame]

feed it to other augment when creating/leveling

[sweet delta]

How do I use heclp on sector 6

[viscid swift]

you can't

[onyx flame]

when running kaza + sirius which one usually sit in the off tank spot

[sweet delta]

Sirius buffs remain if she sinks

[fast frigate]

which stage is the best to grind for kurumi miledge

[sweet delta]

whatever you normally grind, which should be event

[merry sonnet]

what determines how fast morale goes down? my enterprise went from 150 to 110 meanwhile my warspite went from 150 to 40 in the same amount of runs

[sweet delta]

-2 per battle, -10 per sinking

[onyx flame]

warspite prob sank a few times

[merry sonnet]

oh alright, i wasnt paying attention so probably yeah. thanks

[fast frigate]

whats the best way to farm wisdom cubes?

[onyx flame]

there really isnt a way to farm it other than playing and getting commisions that might have em as well as dailies

[fast frigate]

oh ok

[gilded carbon]

you will get a reasonable amount over time, coins are more on shortage usually

[stark quiver]

doing dailies, weeklies, playing events to get cube rewards, monthly login, play more to spawn and refresh more cube commissions

[pine whale]

What's the threshold for LB2? 30 or 35?

[sweet delta]

30 is the minimum level

[pine whale]

Oh thank god

Well, time to train Laffey a bit

[fast frigate]

how long does it take to recover morale

[gilded carbon]

a few hours, the full times should be on the wiki somewhere

the Dorm will make them recover morale faster

[ocean terrace]

could someone send the link to the site that shows priority in all supply/monthly shops

[sweet delta]

https://azurlaneecgc.com/shop_priority/ though it's missing Drake from core and Alabama > Hood from medal and San Diego from medal

[ocean terrace]

thank you!

[night kelp]

I am getting Failed to bind- error on Mumu emulator, what is wrong?

[ocean terrace]

as someone who doesn't have any gold shells, and only have enough core data for 1, should I get black or white shell

[viscid swift]

white

[ocean terrace]

actually should I save for Independence or just get a shell?
keeping in mind I have both Origami and Enterprise (enterprise 1 stage away from mlb, origami 2 stages away from mlb)

[tranquil vine]

game borked?

[ivory pawn]

Assuming you have 0 shells (or even one shell), get a white shell.

[tranquil vine]

its not showing me battle results for coalition battle

[ocean terrace]

I only have the T3 white shell (purple)

[ivory pawn]

Purple shell doesn't count.

Can only get 1 white shell a month, want 3. Can only get 1 Independence a month, but you only need 1. Makes sense?

[ocean terrace]

yup, thank you!

[fossil vale]

Where to get more Gold Bulings?

[inland shoal]

Medal shop and pvp rly

[eternal basalt]

(Oil cap is active the first time, so... do that 3:3 too)

[heady jasper]

just wanna ask how good is mlb shinano

what area do i farm for the event, trynna complete the even thing

[inland shoal]

Do area 6
MLB Shinano is good even if a bit outdated now

[heady jasper]

👍

[heady jasper]

even if my area 6 is not 100%?

[fossil vale]

Why is this one Buling not showing up for limit breaks? Am I doing something wrong?

[ivory pawn]

You gotta adjust filters to see ships higher than level 1 when on the LB screen.

Iirc, you can click the eye in the top right.

[fossil vale]

Ah, alright, thanks a lot!

[ivory pawn]

Yes. In fact, make sure you do at least one run before it reaches 0%.

[lost shadow]

is Independence worth it considering all my CVs?

[heady jasper]

wdym by reaches 0%

[inland shoal]

It started at 100%

[ivory pawn]

It's slowly ticking down to 0% via full server participation.

[heady jasper]

ah i see

[ivory pawn]

You only miss a cube if you didn't, but hey that's a cube!

[heady jasper]

no wonder its hard

didnt know i was playing touhou

[soft raft]

Pretty sure you still can get the cube if you miss it

[ivory pawn]

Yes, but I'd get white shell first if you don't have 3 yet. Maybe even black shell too.

[heady jasper]

i meant this one mb

[ocean terrace]

for future reference, I should get 3 white shells, then 1 black shell? or independence after white shells

[violet grail]

1 white 1 black, then another white, then either breguet or independence imo roughly, but can depend on your current needs at the time.

For independence specifically its a question of whether you have the materials to retrofit her and get the +10 unique augment.

[ocean terrace]

how is she compared to let's say Enterprise and Origami?

[violet grail]

She has a crossfleet skill, which im guessing you dont have a lot of yet. As in she helps when fleet 2 is fighting even if she herself is in fleet 1 for example. And generally buffs the damage of carriers.

[sweet delta]

Independence is the strongest non-healer carrier for mob fleets, including rainbow carriers

[ocean terrace]

oh so she's a must have at some point, got it

[violet grail]

I havent played with enterprise or origami so i aint gonna make comparisons about ships i dont know yet XD, ye listen to sushi 😉

[violet grail]

by the way if you are wondering why 3 white shells but only 1 black, its because black gets replaced by high standard fire-control radar eventually, which you get from research, but since that takes time, getting 1 black shell is definetly worth it.

[ocean terrace]

right got it, so endgame aux on BBs are white shell + fire-control radar (I assume there are situational aux's too that can be used)

[violet grail]

since we cant currently get admiralty fire control table, yes. older players use that, its a UR aux, but for us newer players its white + fire control

[tawny night]

is it possible to make auto-search do all other fights before going for the boss ?

[rain vine]

no

if you want all enemies, you have to manually do it

[tawny night]

alr ty

[pine whale]

• Emergency Repair isn't stockable, right? Level locked and luck based on obtaining it, right?
• Does Vanguard mean whole team or just the front row thus Unicorn doesn't heal herself nor the backrow from her own Skill?

[violet grail]

Im not sure about situational auxes for Battleships, but for carriers there's auxes that can adjust timings of skills, depending of if you want to synchronize them or stagger them, theres also some anti air specific auxes if you need em for some stages. but generally I just look at this for most of my gear needs: https://suchiguma.github.io/miniguides/quick-gear-guide/ and for the exceptions ask here.

[violet grail]

Do you mean in campaign or opsi? in campaign you can use AR ships to get an extra repair from the start but thats not really worth the downside of using an AR ship usually.

Vanguard is front row

[pine whale]

Alright about AR but, otherwise, is it what I said?

You can only use it on that level?

[rain vine]

yes

[pine whale]

I owe you all a lot

[violet grail]

oh ye cant store it for a later run

[rain vine]

if you have to rely on the emergency repair, youre already in a really bad spot

[violet grail]

regarding unicorn, i dont remember pre retrofit, but post retrofit she also heals main fleet first time her skill activates and then the lowest health main fleet ship on later activations

[rain vine]

the lowest hp main is tied to the first activation

[violet grail]

oh my bad, "and after that" is still part of first activation just at the end of that sequence, misread it. Thanks for the correction

[heady jasper]

is there no other way to farm for this particular event cuz doing it 5X on Area 6 is killing me

[rain vine]

no, gotta just spam t6

[pine whale]

• Anything I should care about Enhancing before grinding to dust my long list of unleveled low rarities (not Bulin, obviously)?
• Which is the max level of a Skill? I should max Unicorn's 1, I suppose?

[soft raft]

only use commons to enhance (because rare and above can be scrapped for medals instead)
max skill lvl is 10 (besides All out Assualt skills which get one upgrade during the limit break process)

[pine whale]

Ns are 1 stars I suppose

[heady jasper]

whats t6?

[soft raft]

The 6th stage of the event

[heady jasper]

damn. imma grow a beard while waiting😭

[ocean terrace]

same, I can only squeeze about 15 autos before needing to rest hours for morale

[rain vine]

well, you have another 10 days, and you only really need 55k for the important rewards, 60k if you want to save a gold bulin
just space out the grind

[pine whale]

How come I have Dewey Meta. How did I? What are cruise missions? Is she good? WHAT

[ocean terrace]

she's from the battlepass (cruise missions)

[rain vine]

no, she isnt good

[soft raft]

Elite METAs are dogshit

[red sapphire]

You've got her from cruise missions, it's a free reward

[pine whale]

Fantastic.

[heady jasper]

wait what morale, and how many hours

[pine whale]

Depends.

1. Is she permanent or temporary. If it's the latter, skip point 2
2. Is she in the dormitory?

[ocean terrace]

I'm new so I only have 1 fleet capable of doing sector 6, so I have to do solo battles instead of coalition, which uses a lot more morale.

and if a ship falls below 30 morale, you can't use them in the event battles

[dense knot]

why has the oil cost for when i clear sector 1 increased and how do i lower it again

[pine whale]

Also morale will go down like falling stars if she constantly dies, the "Unleveled Unicorn Special"

[warm latch]

have you added more ships, used higher rarity ships or limit broken any ships?

[ocean terrace]

none of mine die but I can still only do about 15 auto-battles before they reach 30 morale

[pine whale]

It also lowers if they attack.

[warm latch]

only stage 6 has oil cap on this event

[dense knot]

oh its probably limit breaking

[pine whale]

So a full on event will drain them.

[ocean terrace]

yup, gotta wait ages and keep switching them in dorm

[pine whale]

Yee, the cost is proportional to rarity and current stars, which are intertwined between each other because, well

[pine whale]

300 gems for the third slot

[ocean terrace]

I have 4 slots

[pine whale]

ah. And it's not enough?

[ocean terrace]

but no 2nd floor

[soft raft]

why did you buy the 4th slot 💀

[dense knot]

whats the most red kurumi event item things you need for every reward

[pine whale]

Use those drinks, man. You got OIL

[warm latch]

3 slots + 2nd floor is recommended over 4th slot if youre f2p

[ocean terrace]

ask me from 4 years ago 😭

[pine whale]

Use that

OIL

[ocean terrace]

I was very casual and clueless when I first got the game so

[rain vine]

4000
you will reach that without ever having to use kurumi

[dense knot]

oh thats easy

[heady jasper]

is a second team needed for Area6 then

[ocean terrace]

you need 4 teams for coalition, 1 for solo

[heady jasper]

i see... it seems i need to gamble more🤤

[dense knot]

when i got 10,000 medals for yoshino is that the medals i currently have or medals i have ever gotten, as in if i spend the medals will it stay at 10,000 on that event

[warm latch]

thats total count

[dense knot]

so i can buy the yamai twins right

[warm latch]

i wouldnt

[ocean terrace]

you can get the twins from sector 6, they have a low chance of dropping

[heady jasper]

what is good to buy then

[soft raft]

wait until the end of the event to see if you can get them to drop from S6 first

[warm latch]

never buy the drop ships during the event, save enough points so you can get them after the event if you never dropped them or built them

[dense knot]

whats the recommended level for sector 6?

[soft raft]

at the very least the same lvl as the enemies

[dense knot]

my teams level 40-50 rn

[stark quiver]

you are fried

[dense knot]

max level is 90 right

[soft raft]

no lol

[violet grail]

max level is 125 but for most ships you will stop at 120

[soft raft]

max lvl is 125
but if you mean max enemy lvl, it's lvl 100 for hard S6

[pine whale]

K, I currently am at 200 gems. With that being said

• can I get 1000 in time for Kurumi skin (yes, I need it. I made the account for it)
• tips on how to increase anti air potential for boss fights?
• do I need submarines for event? What are those? How you get them
• How hard does Dewey Meta suck? I'm at Ch3
• Think level 20-30 is okay for Solo Sector 1 repeat?

[ocean terrace]

to be fair I started autoing sector 6 when my ships were level 70 ish, occasionally 1 of them died but it was doable

[dense knot]

are you a new player

[pine whale]

Can't be. They're level 70

[ocean terrace]

account is 4 years old but I only started 3 days ago yes

[warm latch]

you can make a fleet of pennsylvania + unicorn + sr cv/bb + portland + helena + starter dd (laffey/z23/javelin) for basically free, you shouldnt need to use dewey meta at all

[ocean terrace]

no my commander level is 48

[pine whale]

ohhh

[soft raft]

• Get the 💳 out, dont use F2P gems on skins
• Use Carriers and have vanguard ships with higher AA stat
• No, Subs are extra ships that you can call in for extra damage, mainly from special pool/special pool based event pools
• Mega dogshit ass
• If you can live, sure

[violet grail]

Not recommended to go for skins if you are free to play as it will seriously compromis your dock slots later. But if thats genuinely all you want and dont care, you can get a good amount of gems from 3 star clearing campaign stages

[hollow gust]

Basically everyone is a new player

[dense knot]

dal is too peak i guess

[pine whale]

I ONLY need that skin. I'm pausing my activity after getting it.

Besides... Do special events give gems or...? I haven't touched on that subject

[soft raft]

no

[warm latch]

f2p gets 4700 gems, and thats basically it, if youre even able to beat the campaign stages/ship collections to get all those gems

[ocean terrace]

gotta 3 star them all

[knotty jolt]

/gems

[odd root]

Bridal Z23

Gem Spending 101

Gems in Azur Lane are fairly rare from an F2P perspective. However, the gacha in Azur lane does not require gems and their main usage is expansion of facilities like dorm, academy, docks and depot, as well as buying resources, resource packs, premium items (rings and name change), and skins.

As an F2P, you can get up to 4700 guaranteed gems (3750 for 3* clearing all 15 main campaign worlds, 800 for completing Bands collection and 150 for 8 days login campaign), not counting random gems from commissions or occasional bonuses from events or other sources.

Considering limited availability of gems for F2P players, even if spent exclusively on QoL upgrades, it is impossible to upgrade everything.

This is the recommended way to spend gems as an F2P:

• 3rd Dorm slot (300 gems)
• Dorm 2nd floor (500 gems)
• Dock space (remaining gems)

The main purpose of the dorm is for faster morale regen while grinding. Using ships with 0 morale will receive a 50% exp penalty and lose affinity.

The 2nd floor of the dorm will have the same number of slots as the 1st floor. While it lacks passive exp gain, it has faster morale regen. 3 dorm slots with the 2nd floor gives you a total of 6 slots, which is enough for your whole mob fleet.

Dock space is the biggest constraint for players. While this can help casual players collect all their waifus, there is also practical use in collecting ships - for later levelling to get their fleet tech on reaching lvl 120. These are important for players as they provide crucial additional stats that help players to tackle the hardest content (W14/15, H.Arbiters, CM).

Alternatively, players may consider getting the 3rd Academy slot for faster skill training or more dorm slots instead of just dock space (not recommended).

While players may opt to buy skins/rings with the F2P gems, this will come at the cost of QoL. It is recommended to only buy those with real money 💳.

[soft raft]

That wasnt the point of his question 💀

[knotty jolt]

Credit card either way

[dense knot]

this is my current team what should i do to quickly get strong enough to clear sector 6

[knotty jolt]

Plus it half was since he was asking if he farm up enough meaning he technically can

[warm latch]

hed have to focus on campaign instead of event to 3 star stages for gems tho

[ocean terrace]

just level them tbh, I had pretty much the same fleet yesterday

[dense knot]

all of them? kurumi and kotori are hard carrying

[warm latch]

just keep using them, limit break them, prioritise unicorn retrofit

[pine whale]

So basically gems only increase with new campaign content?

[knotty jolt]

And the once in a blue moon apologems

[warm latch]

nah kotori isnt that good

[dense knot]

unicorn retrofit is like the tiniest difference ever

[pine whale]

If I have to play the very long game, given the event won't rerun, I can afford the minus 1000

[warm latch]

unicorn retrofit is literally the best healer in the game

[pine whale]

It's "only" 1000. I know about credit card but like...

[warm latch]

she basically never leaves your mob fleet

[dense knot]

yes but the tiny 10 stat boosts isnt a huge difference is it

[soft raft]

In terms of perament sources yes
Every anniv you also get gems, and in very rare occasions they give out gems for maintnance rewards if shit REALLY hit the fan at Manjuu during maintnance and it drags on for way longer than usual

[ocean terrace]

my fleet was: mlb Warspite, mlb Kotori, mlb Unicorn (non retrofitted)
with Portland, Helena, Kurumi/Prinz Eugen

[pine whale]

Very well.

[warm latch]

its the skill that unlocks from the final node that is the massive difference

[violet grail]

look if its literally your one goal in the game just focus on getting 3 stars in campaign stages rather than playing the event to get those gems

[pine whale]

Hm. Wait.

Does that mean I can stay within that stage? Instead of pushing like an idiot

[dense knot]

whats the best way to get carrier blueprints then

[ocean terrace]

X-4 of main campaign

[rain vine]

farming X-4 hard maps

[pine whale]

You can only do it thrice a day

[warm latch]

you dont get any gems from the event

[stark quiver]

1-4

[pine whale]

That part I know

[pine whale]

Click on Hard. You need to 3s every stage of chapter 1

[dense knot]

so theres no difference between 5-4 and 1-4 for the blueprints

[violet grail]

the 3 stars are clear x amount of escorts, which you may have to replay the stage for, clear all enemies which you have to do manually as auto can skip some, and lastly just defeat the boss.

[pine whale]

After completing the submission you get the skip to boss for Unicorn speedrunning

[pine whale]

No I mean. Let's say I'm on 3-4. Does that mean I can repeat 3-1 to get Kurumi?

[viscid swift]

well there is

[warm latch]

there is, gold retro prints only start dropping from ch3 onwards iirc

but also you want to be doing the highest level hard mode stage you can for as much core as possible

[violet grail]

i think you get kurumi points just from playing any stage so yeah can just repeat a stage

[pine whale]

FUCKING FINALLY

[dense knot]

eh ill do this retrofit later it costs too much oil

[pine whale]

No, Unicorn seriously carries you

How the hell you run out of Oil

[ocean terrace]

I mean every stage shows how many Kurumi points you get no? Higher chapters give more

[pine whale]

Yes but I got stuck for so long and discovered it only counts 3 onwards instead of "unlocking 3 with any stage before". Forgive my surprise

[violet grail]

oh it says clear main camapaign stages after chapter 3, not sure if that includes chapter 3, are you getting any points at all for kurumi so far?

[ocean terrace]

can confirm ch3 gives points

[violet grail]

not a lot of points but ye

[pine whale]

Yes. But idk if it counts repeats within that stage. And the difficulty ramps.

If it is I can repeat 3-1< which is lower, I can milk Unicorn heal to carry me

Because, well, @dense knot, I guarantee you I should have died 505 times if it weren't for the wonder 5 (Penn, Helena, Kurumi/Portland, Long Island, and Unicorn), with Unicorn being the best ship in the game for a good part of the game (assuming you don't get better stuff. Even then, best healer)

[ocean terrace]

I just auto clear Ch6, it gives 32 Kurumi points if you use Kurumi in the fleet per auto

[soft raft]

It would say otherwise if it was one time
and frankly it would be pretty dumb if it was

[viscid swift]

I it wouldn't even remotely be enough given there's only 15 main campaign chapters

[ocean terrace]

my bad, 32 with Kurumi, 16 without (solo battles)

[violet grail]

You really just need to keep levelling your 1 fleet and keep pushing campaign, its so weird hearing someone say they NEED unicorn on chapter 3 T_T

[pine whale]

Then I'll hyper level until I can access the pinnacle of the event

[dense knot]

im aware unicorn is supposedly good even if she doesn’t actually look that good because a 5% heal every time she does her aircraft thing which for me is like every 30 seconds doesnt seem special but her retrofits are tiny stat boosts it doesnt look like a priority

[sweet delta]

we have seen new players in chapter 13 with no unicorn and even no perseus in sight

[ocean terrace]

I'm just level capped for campaign, grinding event stages in between level caps

[pine whale]

Given she's a glass cannon where instead of damage she heals, I would reconsider

[heady jasper]

sorry in advance for the head tilt, but how do i complete both of these

[pine whale]

Having a healer tank that keeps alive your front row makes you weak only to the backrow planes

[viscid swift]

you might wanna look more closely if you think all Uncorn's retrofit does is a tiny stat boost

among other things it gives her a preloaded airstrike

[violet grail]

are you running a full 6 ship fleet for commander xp?

[pine whale]

Also yes. Unicorn gets a tiny boost. But it's incremental, per each branch. This isn't proportional. This is EXPONENTIAL

[ocean terrace]

yup, focusing on 1 fleet only

[viscid swift]

and buffs the heal

"This ship starts the battle with 1 Airstrike loaded. When this ship launches an Airstrike: heals your entire Vanguard for 3.5% (8%) of its max HP; the first time this effect activates every battle, it also heals your entire Main Fleet for 1% (5%) of its max HP and the lowest percentage HP ship in your Main Fleet for another 1.2% (3%) of its max HP."

[warm latch]

retrofit gives a preload, which means she does an airstrike immediately when the battle starts, its 8% per heal at level 10 skill and you can get airstrikes to around 20s with better planes

[ocean terrace]

plus I wouldn't be able to make it out of sector 6 battles without a full fleet I think

[pine whale]

Sure but the improvement is something else. In the context of the event, it's a speedrunner's marvel

[dense knot]

[violet grail]

Well then the game is a grind after all so ye stuff takes time. good luck

[ocean terrace]

thank you

[pine whale]

I think Uni/Perseus-less should be a challenge run tag

[dense knot]

i guess thats decent but this game is pretty old right i would expect some hard to get meta unit instead

[viscid swift]

Unicorn is meta though, she's practically an auto slot on every mob fleet

[pine whale]

There is this thing called archetype, which gachas implement, and free units being generally weaker regardless of that outside of design "oversights"

[viscid swift]

there is no better healer than her

[pine whale]

Unicorn is the reverse of META. She's genuinely worth double the stars she belongs to. Which you can increase anyway

[warm latch]

it would be dumb if there wasnt a permanently available healer considering how necessary they are for later campaign chapters

[viscid swift]

also we literally have free URs during double UR events

[ocean terrace]

I mean I'm just thankful you get her early + easy to mlb and retrofit

[dense knot]

do i spend coins on my oil generation or for dal banner

[heady jasper]

👉👈

[pine whale]

This one included?

[viscid swift]

well no

[ocean terrace]

(it's not a double UR event)

[soft raft]

This event is not a UR event much less a double UR one

[tulip tinsel]

Win a battle with gold bulin in fleet, the other one idk

[pine whale]

sigh ok

[viscid swift]

December UR event will probably be a double UR event though

[ocean terrace]

I assume the UR event is right after the DAL one right? (12/3)

[soft raft]

not right after

[ocean terrace]

so no banner in between those events?

[viscid swift]

no, it won't start until the latter half of the month

[soft raft]

not likely
and if we do, it'd likely be a smaller scale event or a rerun

[warm latch]

there better be a break

[hushed sorrel]

the benefits of the aircraft do count in the campaign or not?

[pine whale]

How many gems per each 3star is it

[ocean terrace]

50 iirc

[pine whale]

FIFTY?

[tulip tinsel]

50 for 1-3 100 for 4th

[pine whale]

Ok good. Eh, sure. Can manage

[soft raft]

Wdym

[hushed sorrel]

the event aircraft which you need to upgrade for the legendary dorm item

[pine lake]

Is there a new player guide. Was following the tutorial and now just feel totally lost

[soft raft]

Oh
idk

[viscid swift]

no

[soft raft]

https://www.azurlaneecgc.com/newbie_tips/

[tulip tinsel]

it's only for event

[hushed sorrel]

thank you ^^ wasnt sure

[ocean terrace]

is there an advantage in autoing hard mode of sector 6 over normal other than extra event points

[heady jasper]

how much cube does one need for the event

[violet grail]

Kinda wish that link was pinned in this channel and at the very top of pins considering how many pins there are.

[viscid swift]

ideally 400 to be able to hit pity if need be

[soft raft]

Your browser's bookmarks bar exists for a reason

[violet grail]

oh believe you me i have them saved for myself ecgc, gear guide, wiki, aldb etc, i mean for completely new players

[heady jasper]

i got two times that i think i'll be fine

[viscid swift]

sure.....

[soft raft]

That's what they all say until they get hit with Pity twice in a row

[pine whale]

Azur Lane is only half a bullet hell. It's mostly a RPG with grinding in third person shooter form left to right

Ofc the tutorial would be deceiving

[soft raft]

What
More like it's just confusing at first

[ocean terrace]

you're new right? you have 800 cubes?

where'd all mine go 😭

[heady jasper]

idkkk

[ocean terrace]

my stupid ass probably used them all 4 years ago

[sweet delta]

cubes exist to be spent

[hushed sorrel]

the new tutorial gives quite a lot. sounds like you could have some left to be claimed?

[ocean terrace]

the handbook? or whatever it's called

[hushed sorrel]

yes i mean that, i also dont know how its called xD

[sweet delta]

9.9% bullet heaven, 0.1% bullet hell, 90% borderline hentai

[ocean terrace]

I'm working my way through it, I have like 180 cubes right now

I even have the 'homecoming' missions as a returning player, which I'm also working through

[hushed sorrel]

sounds like you will manage well

[ocean terrace]

I hope so, I haven't pulled for DAL ships for like a day now so it's stacking up slowly

[hushed sorrel]

we get 5 cubes per day from dailies/weeklies on average

[ocean terrace]

I think I did around 50 pulls for the event

[wheat trail]

Hello I just wanna ask, are there any recommended stages for exp grind?

[warm latch]

12-4

[wheat trail]

Alright, that's gonna take awhile for me to reach since I'm still at chapter 4

[hushed sorrel]

the highest possible is the get go

[analog tendon]

When OPSI reset will these reset to 0 too?

[rain vine]

no

[ocean terrace]

if I was chasing pure exp, would it better to grind my highest stage (6-4) or the event? assuming I don't need event points

[analog tendon]

Thank god, i was sweating when i saw some of these asking for 100+ kills

[eternal basalt]

Some of these you get one SHOT at it per month

[sweet delta]

sector 6 has oil cap, it is more efficient than chapter 8 and below

[eternal basalt]

Event is garbage money and xp

[ocean terrace]

aren't these 2 different responses

[warm latch]

both are true

[ocean terrace]

mmm I see

[sweet delta]

Event is garbage money and xp
Chapter 6 is even more garbage money and xp

[ocean terrace]

lmao alright

I'm just limited by level in campaign all the time

[analog tendon]

Is there a way to know which ones are one-chance-only? Might as well start trying to clear them early if possible

[warm latch]

9-1 is where you unlock oil cap for campaign, which makes that a lot more oil efficient for farming

[ocean terrace]

right so I've been told, but getting there is taking me a while, I've grinded the event to the point my ships are all level 90+ now
(they were level 50-60 2 days ago)

[warm latch]

by that i mean only campaign stages 9-1 onwards have oil cap once youve cleared them

[rain vine]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/List_of_Operation_Siren_Zones

[eternal basalt]

Restore x Energy Matrices to their correct position, Destroy x Siren weather control device(s), Activate x switch mechanism(s) and Retrieve sources from enhanced fleets x time(s) are all random events that can occur after defeating Promoted Pawns, and are thus available in limited quantities each reset.

[warm latch]

if your fleet has good ships, theyre all above level 90, with levelled skills and decent gear you should be able to get to ch9 pretty easily

[ocean terrace]

yeah, just level locked

[warm latch]

assuming commander exp isnt limiting you in getting there

[ocean terrace]

I can't continuously grind event battles either due to morale

sadly just a waiting game for now

[hushed sorrel]

ironically the player thought that multi clears per campaign map is to much and now the new problem which player dislike is not having enough commander xp

[ocean terrace]

did I say that?

[hushed sorrel]

no but thats the reason you are level locked

[ocean terrace]

oh yeah I've just been grinding the event sector

but that's also because I've been told it gives more exp and more worth my time

plus I have 3 starred every chapter and stage

[hushed sorrel]

thats good, you need every single gem

[ocean terrace]

defeating escort ships non-stop is annoying though

especially when auto doesn't clear them all

[rain vine]

well, you only have to do it once

[wheat trail]

Which stage do you guys recommend on grinding purple gears in campaign

[hushed sorrel]

dont grind gears is recommended

[rain vine]

none of them, open tech boxes for gear

[wheat trail]

Oh

[rain vine]

upgrade your gray and blue boxes to purple and open the purples

[wheat trail]

Should I save up the lower tier to upgrade them to a higher one

[wheat trail]

Alright thanks

[analog tendon]

i'm clearing an Hidden Zone in OPSI. These guys are called PROMOTED Mass-produced Reinforcement. Do they count for "Promoted Pawn" achievs?

[rain vine]

no

[ocean terrace]

should I be doing daily challenges? if so which ones?

[analog tendon]

Thought so -_-

[hushed sorrel]

they dont refresh in opsi only by beating them.

[ocean terrace]

sorry but what's OPSI

[hushed sorrel]

operation siren

[ocean terrace]

it's not even unlocked for me 😭

[rain vine]

https://azurlane.koumakan.jp/wiki/Daily_Raid
are you referring to these?

[ocean terrace]

yes

[rain vine]

do all of them at the highest possible difficulty

[ocean terrace]

every day I should be doing them

[hushed sorrel]

you can even auto clear them

[rain vine]

yes

[hushed sorrel]

thats a few secs per day once you have done them once manually

[ocean terrace]

got it ty

[sweet delta]

hidden zones don't count for any stars

[ocean terrace]

how should I handle resources I have in storage (the mail)?
should I ever need to withdraw coins or oil in certain cases?

[rain vine]

if youre hardfarming an event or need coins for a mass pull session
otherwise, just keep them there

[ocean terrace]

alright ty

[hushed sorrel]

atleast i would use the oil regulary, there is no benefit to storage that. use as much as you need. the coins are a good puffer if you very urgently needs a bit for example the last event day and you still need someone